2006 CARIFTA Games
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| Host city |
Les Abymes, Guadeloupe 
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| Date(s) | April 15–17 |
| Main stadium | Stade René Serge Nabajoth |
| Level | Junior and Youth |
| Participation | about 524 (268 junior, 256 youth) athletes from about 25 nations |
| Events | 66 (35 junior (incl. 5 open), 31 youth) |
| Records set | 8 games 3 national |
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The 35th CARIFTA Games was held in the René Serge Nabajoth Stadium in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe on April 15–17, 2006. A detailed appraisal of the results has been given.
Detailed result lists can be found on the CACAC, the CFPI and the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 524 athletes (268 junior (under-20) and 256 youth (under-17)) from about 25 countries: Anguilla (4), Antigua and Barbuda (11), Aruba (4), Bahamas (62), Barbados (40), Bermuda (17), British Virgin Islands (8), Cayman Islands (12), Dominica (5), French Guiana (15), Grenada (11), Guadeloupe (72), Guyana (2), Haiti (7), Jamaica (70), Martinique (45), Montserrat (3), Netherlands Antilles (12), Saint Kitts and Nevis (21), Saint Lucia (5), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (5), Suriname (3), Trinidad and Tobago (57), Turks and Caicos Islands (26), US Virgin Islands (7).
A total of 8 new games records were set.
In the boys' U-20 category, Ryan Brathwaite from Barbados achieved 13.85s (-1.4 m/s) in 110 metres hurdles. The Jamaican 4x400 metres relay team set the new games record to 3:07.75.
In the girls' U-20 category, the 400 metres record was improved twice. First, to 51.82s in the heat by Kaliese Spencer, and then in the final, to 51.30s by Sonita Sutherland, both from Jamaica. Together with their teammates Sherene Pinnock and Bobby-Gaye Wilkins, they finished the 4 x 400 metres relay in the new record time of 3:31.90.
In the boys' U-17 category, Gavyn Nero of Trinidad and Tobago set two new records in 1500 metres (4:00.78) and 3000 metres (8:53.42).
In the girls' U-17 category, Jamaican Natoya Goule set also two new records in 800 metres (2:09.59) and 1500 metres (4:32.70).
Moreover, a total of 3 national (senior) records were set by the junior athletes. In the men's category, Shanovan Williams threw the javelin to the new record mark for the Turks and Caicos Islands of 49.33 metres.
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